Review of Escape to Athena (1979) by Paul M — 24 Dec 2009

Another family favourite warfilm .. quite exciting in parts, great humour from Elliot Gould and Roger Moore, enjoyed Telly Savalas and Roger Moore's characters.

This review of Escape to Athena (1979) was written by Paul M on 24 Dec 2009.

Escape to Athena has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Ilsa W (298) on 24 May 2008

Its alright! Not high on my list of great war films tho. A bit of a rubbish storyline and a waste of some very talented actors…

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By Gary T (2,283) on 29 Oct 2009

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By Lone W (168) on 13 Aug 2008

It was a good movie but it was kinda wierd seeing roger moore play a german especially after seeing him play all the james bond roles…

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